1. The Context -- pt. 1. The Basic Themes in the Thought of Hamas. 2. The Problem: Israel, Zionism and the Jews. 3. The Goal: An Islamic Palestinian State. 4. Sense of Urgency: Mass-Immigration of Soviet Jews. 5. Hostility and Isolation. 6. Means. 7. Self-Image of Islam. 8. Inner Enemy: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. 9. Equality? The Christian Minority. 10. Ambiguity: Attitude towards the West -- pt. 2. Application of General World View to Specific Political Events. 11. The Gulf War 1990/91. 12. Hamas and the Peace Process. 13. The Mass Deportation of Islamists to South-Lebanon in December 1992. 14. The Surprise: The Declaration of Principles in September 1993. 15. The Massacre of Hebron, February 1994. 16. Relation between Hamas and the PalestinianNational Authority (PNA). 17. Outlook. 18. Conclusion
Summary
"In the modern world, the ideology of islamic fundamentalists is of central importance, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the world media. In this detailed study, Andrea Nusse provides an insightful analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-view and shows how the theoretical framework developed by thinkers like Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb and al-Mawdudi is applied to a specific political, social and economic context. It presents the Islamist position towards recent events, such as the Gulf war, the Madrid peace negotiations and the Hebron Massacre and helps to dissipate myths surrounding modern Islamist movements and their overwhelming success as opposition forces in the Islamic world."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index
